Ryan
Seacrest hosts the year's biggest celebration at the crossroads of
the world when Carly Rae Jepsen and Neon Trees join headliner Taylor
Swift performing live in Times Square, on "Dick
Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2013,"
Monday, Dec. 31, on
ABC.

Fergie
of the Black Eyed Peas returns to host the west coast party,
featuring performances by Brandy, Flo Rida, Karmin, OneRepublic,
Pitbull and even more artists to be announced at a later date for
both east and west coast parties.

The
New Year's festivities kick off at 8 p.m. with a two-hour
celebration of Dick Clark, hosted by Fergie and Jenny McCarthy, "New
Year's Rockin' Eve Celebrates Dick Clark."The
special celebrates, through clips and reminiscences, the legendary
television personality and producer who rang in the New Year for four
decades and launched and nurtured the careers of countless artists.
Seacrest makes a special appearance.

Beginning
at 10 p.m., Seacrest will host "Dick
Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest
2013"
from New York, with McCarthy returning to interview the revelers in
Times Square.

Some
of America's hottest artists and groups will perform throughout the
night. The bicoastal events will include more than five-and-a-half
hours of special performances and reports on New Year's
celebrations from around the globe, and Seacrest will lead the
traditional countdown to midnight from Times Square in New York City.